Latest jobs in Biogeoscienceshttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/rssRecently published vacancies at https://www.egu.eu/bg/jobs/enSun, 31 May 2020 20:02:07 +0000https://cdn.egu.eu/static/29d4c63/logos/divisions/bg_compact.pngLatest jobs in Biogeoscienceshttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/rssStatistical Modeller: Sea Level Rise | New Zealand | Full timehttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3028/
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<td valign="top"><b>GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand</b> <p><p>We seek a highly motivated person for a Statistical Modeller position specialising in Sea Level Rise. The focus of the Sea Level Rise position is to establish a new probabilistic model that can be used by stakeholders in Pacific Island Countries to assess sea-level-rise-related hazards. The primary objective of this project is to provide an evidence-based assessment of present and future sea level-related risks for the southwest Pacific region. The project will consist of a pilot study focusing on the atoll islands, including Tarawa in Kiribati, with the aim to be transferrable to other locations in the southwest Pacific. This position will be primarily responsible for the development of a probabilistic, graphical model to understand the probability of future coastal inundation in 2050 and 2100.</p>
<p>Communication and training with stakeholders is an important aspect of this role’s responsibilities as the model is intended to be usable by non-experts. This position is required to will assist with, and participate in, several expert elicitation workshops in the Pacific Islands.</p>
<p>The ideal candidate will have the following:</p>
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<li>A PhD in Geoscience, Physics, Computer Science, Statistics or a related discipline</li>
<li>A strong foundation in scientific coding and data handling</li>
<li>Experience with geospatial data</li>
<li>A strong foundation in statistics</li>
<li>Project management skills</li>
<li>A background in the impacts of climate change and sea level rise in coastal environments is highly desirable.</li>
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<p>The position will be a fixed-term appointment for two years.</p><p>For further information about this position and to apply online please visit <a href="https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails/ajid/xRC19/Statistical-Modeller-Sea-Level-Rise,37765.html" rel="nofollow">https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails/ajid/xRC19/Statistical-Modeller-Sea-Level-Rise,37765.html</a></p></p></td>
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Tue, 12 May 2020 03:38:39 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3028/Postdoctoral Research Associate in Water Quality and Resources | Korea, Republic of | Full timehttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3050/
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<td valign="top"><b>Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Korea, Republic of</b> <p><p>Postdoctoral Position in Water Quality and Resources</p>
<p>The Water Quality Laboratory at Kyungpook National University (<span class="caps">KNU</span>-<span class="caps">WQL</span>), Sangu Campus, offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship for highly motivated PhDs (up to 3 years: Jun/2020 ~ May/2023). The fellowship program is research based and require publishing of research results in reputed academic journals. A selected candidate will be involved in an <span class="caps">NRF</span> (National Research Foundation) funded research project. Annual salary will be in accordance with a standard postdoc position at universities in South Korea (~ 36,000,000 <span class="caps">KRW</span> before tax deduction). The initial contract term is one year, and the contract will be extended up to three years with some incentive, based on performance/publication evaluation. </p>
<p>Research Topic: The postdoctoral fellow will investigate the dynamics of biopolymers (<span class="caps">EPS</span>: extracellular polymeric substances; <span class="caps">TEP</span>: Transparent Extracellular Polymers), suspended particulate matter (<span class="caps">SPM</span>) and microplastics, in natural and engineered aquatic systems (e.g. river, lake, wastewater treatment plant). Specifically, the fellow will investigate <span class="caps">EPS</span>/TEP-mediated flocculation, sedimentation and deposition of <span class="caps">SPM</span> and microplastics in a natural and engineered aquatic system. The fellow will also join in international collaboration with KU Leuven, <span class="caps">RBINS</span> and Flanders Hydraulics in Belgium. The detailed research tasks are shown below: <br>
- Development and application of analytical methods for quantifying <span class="caps">EPS</span>/TEP, OM and microplastics in water and sediment samples. <br>
- Flocculation kinetic experiments for investigating physicochemical interactions and flocculation kinetics in aqueous suspension containing <span class="caps">EPS</span>, <span class="caps">SPM</span> and microplastics. <br>
- Implementation of the flocculation kinetic model to a large-scale, multi-dimensional fate and transport model, such as <span class="caps">TELEMAC</span> and OpenFoam (in collaboration with other researchers)<br>
- Field investigation on Hydrodynamic, Water Quality, and Fluid Mud dynamics (in collaboration with other researchers)</p>
<p>Expectation: The ideal candidate has:<br>
- Strong Background in environmental engineering, specifically for aquatic chemistry, reaction kinetics and mathematical modelling<br>
- Experiences in a laboratory, such as OM, <span class="caps">EPS</span>/TEP analysis, reactor operation, use of analytical instruments and so on <br>
- Knowledge in hydrodynamics and sediment transport<br>
- Academic writing skill, good enough to publish papers in reputed journals</p>
<p>Eligibility: Doctoral degree holding candidates with strong academic background from environmental, chemical, civil engineering, geology, limnology, chemistry or other related academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. </p>
<p>Find more information about Prof. Byung Joon Lee on the google scholar and researchgate websites.</p>
<p><a href="https://scholar.google.be/citations?user=YroI8HoAAAAJ&amp;hl=ko" rel="nofollow">https://scholar.google.be/citations?user=YroI8HoAAAAJ&amp;hl=ko</a><br>
<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Byung_Joon_Lee" rel="nofollow">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Byung_Joon_Lee</a></p><p>Candidates should send required documents (CV, copies of academic transcripts, list of publications) by email to Prof. Byung Joon Lee (<a href="mailto:bjlee@knu.ac.kr">bjlee@knu.ac.kr</a>) with subject “Application for Postdoc Position @ <span class="caps">KNU</span>-<span class="caps">WQL</span>”. The deadline of application is 15/Jun/2020. IF your CV is found suitable, you will be contacted for further process and review.</p></p></td>
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Sun, 31 May 2020 20:02:07 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3050/Ph.D. In BioGeochemistry: Does soil REE speciation control REE phyto-availability and dissemination within plants? | France | Contracthttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3010/
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<td valign="top"><b>University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France</b> <p><p>Ph.D. Title : Does soil <span class="caps">REE</span> speciation control <span class="caps">REE</span> phyto-availability and dissemination within plants? <br>
Research objectives<br>
Context. Rare earth elements (<span class="caps">REE</span>) are crucial to a wide range of modern technologies regarding their chemical, optical, electro-optic, and paramagnetic properties. The increasing demand with respect to global <span class="caps">REE</span> production makes them technologically ‘critical elements’. These elements are too used in agriculture (e.g. fertilizers) and animal production (e.g. micronutrients) and medicine (e.g. contrast-agents). However, their extensive use and all strategies developed to increase the <span class="caps">REE</span> supply result in an onset of the released <span class="caps">REE</span> fluxes concomitant to environmental and occupational exposures. As a consequence, <span class="caps">REE</span> are now also considered as ‘emerging contaminants’, whose negative effects on environmental health have been suggested. Crucial research needs therefore to emerge to assess the impacts and fate of <span class="caps">REE</span> in the environment and the interactions that ensue from the occurrence of <span class="caps">REE</span> in natural mediums. Considering the key role the plants play within the ecosystems, special attention has emerged to decipher the possible <span class="caps">REE</span> effects induced on plants and to shed light on the involved key mechanisms. Because whichever the contaminant can be considered, its speciation largely affects its fate in the environment and their bioavailability and toxicity as well, it is necessary to understand how does soil <span class="caps">REE</span> speciation control <span class="caps">REE</span> phyto-availability and associated dissemination within plants. <br>
REE can be indeed released in the environment as truly dissolved, colloidal or particulate species, whose transfer is controlled by their chemical speciation, relative to the prevailing physico-chemical conditions (Eh, pH, soluble and particle organic and inorganic ligands, etc.). Once released to the environment, the biogeochemical cycle of <span class="caps">REE</span> should be thus, strongly affected by its speciation. Within the biogeochemical cycle of <span class="caps">REE</span> understanding, the bioavailablity of <span class="caps">REE</span> regarding plants has to be urgently more investigated to predict the fate and effects of <span class="caps">REE</span> on biota, since:
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<li>depending on a large extent on their speciation, possibly changing markedly the uptake, bioavailability and bioaccumulation;</li>
<li>only free or small inorganic complexes of <span class="caps">REE</span> have been tested representing only a little fraction of the species encountered in natural samples;little studies focused the bioavailability of <span class="caps">REE</span> at rhizosphere scale, taking account microbiota of soil and plants together;</li>
<li>most of <span class="caps">REE</span> studies on biota were often dedicated to one single <span class="caps">REE</span> and not to the whole set of <span class="caps">REE</span>, although the man-induced disruption of the <span class="caps">REE</span> biogeochemical cycles concerns more than one <span class="caps">REE</span>.</li>
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<p>Objectives and approach. The aim of this thesis is to provide new understanding tools – through a coupled approach linking natural samples and experimentation-sourced ones’ analyses – to decipher whether the <span class="caps">REE</span> speciation controls or not the <span class="caps">REE</span> phyto-availability, and to which extent. Moreover, this thesis can to participate to determine how microbiota and plants activities can modify <span class="caps">REE</span> speciation and availability by changes physico-chemical paramameters within rhizosphere.This study will be conducted through the investigation of the <span class="caps">REE</span> dynamics in rhizosphere and subsequent <span class="caps">REE</span> dissemination in plant organs. The influence of key parameters (pH, Eh, ionic strength, and presence of naturally occurring ions) as well as the impact of natural organic and mineral colloids will also be investigated. The approach developed in this study will combine in and ex situ experiments involving plant model growth monitoring and <span class="caps">REE</span> speciation studies. The <span class="caps">REE</span> dissemination in the vegetation during its life cycle will be studied through the interactions occurring within the rhizosphere and within the different plant parts. Soil solution composition (<span class="caps">ICP</span>-<span class="caps">QQQ</span>-MS, IC, <span class="caps">TOC</span> analyzer), physicochemical properties (pH, Eh, etc.), microbial biomass C and N, speciation and bioavailability of <span class="caps">REE</span>s to roots (A4F/ICP-MS), analysis of biomass and pigment levels, redox homeostasis indicators (concentrations of reactive oxygen species, activity levels of enzymatic antioxidants, etc.) and phyto-concentration of <span class="caps">REE</span> in aerial parts will be monitored (<span class="caps">ICP</span>-<span class="caps">QQQ</span>-MS, HR-<span class="caps">TEM</span>-<span class="caps">EDS</span>, NanoSIMS). Natural plant samples collected in <span class="caps">REE</span>-enriched <span class="caps">PANORAMA</span> sites, whose speciation will be thoroughly characterized at a molecular level, will also be investigated.<br>
Expected results. The identified effects will be thoroughly linked to the dominant <span class="caps">REE</span> speciation in relation to the involved physical, chemical and biological control parameters, whichever the natural or experimental samples will be considered. <br>
The research will address not only, (eco)toxicological challenges related to the recognition of potential impacts on soil biology, fertility and response to the <span class="caps">REE</span> spread, but also help to improve the performance of remediation processes through specific catalysis factors for these contaminants (<span class="caps">REE</span> phytoremediation/phyto-concentration).<br>
Ultimately, the highlighted intimate prevailing mechanisms and key control parameters as well, eventually distinguishing different action modes across the <span class="caps">REE</span> series will allow – through the network cooperation of geochemists and (eco)toxicologists – first steps towards a biotic ligand model for <span class="caps">REE</span>. Such model will describe how <span class="caps">REE</span> interact with living organisms to predict how the organisms will respond to exposure of <span class="caps">REE</span> to enable a reliable assessment of environmental risk.</p>
<p>Presentation of the research project (cooperative aspect)<br>
This PhD position is within the framework of a European <span class="caps">ITN</span> project named <span class="caps">PANORAMAM</span>: EuroPean trAining NetwOrk on Rare eArth elements environMental trAnsfer: from rock to human involving 15 PhD positions.<br>
Such innovative research approach will be effective through association of different skills involving Geosciences Rennes consortium’s collaborators and 2 other UR1-hosted PhD students of the <span class="caps">PANORAMA</span> consortium, whose research projects will aim at characterizing molecular-level mechanisms affecting <span class="caps">REE</span> interaction with particles and colloids and <span class="caps">REE</span> transport.<br>
The PhD student will work under the supervision of Dr. A. Dia and Dr M. Pédrot (Geosciences Rennes). This specific PhD project involves collaborations with:
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<li>1 private company: Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro S.A. (<span class="caps">EDM</span>), a state-owned company responsible for the environmental recovery of all degraded former mining sites (Portugal)</li>
<li>3 academics: (i) the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering Research in the Instituto Superior Técnico (<span class="caps">IST</span>), the largest and most reputed school of Engineering, Science and Technology in Portugal. (ii) The Department of Physics and Earth Sciences and the Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences program in Jacobs University Bremen (Germany) (<span class="caps">JUB</span>). (iii) The Department of Biology in the Aldo Moro Bari University (Italy) (<span class="caps">UNIBA</span>). <br>
Field-work will be done with <span class="caps">EDM</span> (2×15 days), whereas research stay (seconments) will occur during 2 months each in <span class="caps">IST</span> (2×1 month time-related to field work), <span class="caps">JUB</span> and <span class="caps">UNIBA</span>, dedicated to support to field and <span class="caps">REE</span> water/soil/plant transfer experiment, <span class="caps">REE</span> rhizosphere siderophore binding and <span class="caps">REE</span> phyto-toxicity, respectively.</li>
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<p>The PhD student will be also involved in scientific/soft-skills meetings and in research activities conducted in other laboratories/companies from Europe and associated countries.<br>
An important component of the training will be the participation to 3 main major training events:<br>
WS1-(December 2020) <span class="caps">REE</span> as emerging contaminants: Properties, uses and dissemination –Germany-fundamental <span class="caps">REE</span> biogeochemistry and currently known anthropogenic <span class="caps">REE</span> inputs into the environment <br>
SS1 (May 2021) – <span class="caps">AMD</span> and <span class="caps">REE</span> contamination mitigation – Portugal-Management and remediation solutions of <span class="caps">AMD</span> in old mining areas and Management of <span class="caps">WEEE</span>, recycling areas <br>
WS2 – Colloids and nanoparticles as <span class="caps">REE</span> vectors <del>France</del> Structural characterization of colloids and nanoparticles by innovative and fine spectroscopic and scattering techniques: X-Ray absorption fluorescence and scattering, light scattering. <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with bearing phases.<br>
SS2 – (Eco)toxicology of <span class="caps">REE</span> – Germany – Eco)toxicological concepts and approaches, Physico-chemical properties of <span class="caps">REE</span> for bioavailability, ecotoxicity and environmental risk<br>
In addition to these major milestones of the program, the PhD students will 1) continuously develop their core research skills via their own research project locally and within the network while at secondments and conferences, 2) receive a mandatory amount of hard and soft-skills training specific to their own doctoral school, along with mentoring by joint supervising bodies, 3) use conferences both as dissemination events for <span class="caps">ESR</span>s results and network events for progress reports and evaluations, and 4) collaborate into practical activities aimed at network-structuring legacy deliverables.</p>
<p><span class="caps">PANORAMA</span>’s research objective is to elucidate the man-induced environmental dissemination of <span class="caps">REE</span> and the associated effects on the environmental health. For that purpose, interdisciplinary approaches are required combining geochemistry, ecotoxicology, hydrology, chemical analysis and coupling field monitoring, original in and ex situ experimental set-up and modelling from the element speciation to the environmental impact<br>
PANORAMA’s key aim is to set-up an optimal scientific and non-scientific training to the understanding and forecasting of the environmental impacts of new emerging pollutants such as <span class="caps">REE</span>.</p>
<p>Benefits<br>
With indicative financial conditions of the research project (in local currency)
</p><ul>
<li>3-years full-time employment contract</li>
<li>Attractive salary tuned to living standards of the hosting country. Brut salary, and excluding family and mobility allowance will be around 2900 €</li>
<li>Conditional family allowance of 500€ per month (potentially subject to taxes)</li>
<li>Net mobility allowance of 600€ per month (potentially subject to taxes)</li>
<li>Based in 4 leading institutions in Environmental Sciences in Europe and 1 private companies, Geosciences Rennes as the host institution (30 months) and secondments: <span class="caps">IST</span>/EDM (2 months), <span class="caps">JUB</span> (2 months) and <span class="caps">UNIBA</span> (2 months), with excellent staffs in Geosciences Rennes and secondment institutions and friendly working conditions as well.</li>
<li>Possibility to collaborate with a large network of international research groups engaged in the <span class="caps">ITN</span></li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Requirements
</p><ul>
<li>The candidate should be in the first four years of their research career. They should not have a doctoral degree <br>
and fulfil the eligibility criteria and mobility rule (see below)</li>
<li>The candidate should hold or be about to obtain a Master’s degree in Earth Science or relevant field.</li>
<li>Excellent technical and analytical skills including experience in aqueous geochemistry (monitoring of trace element dynamics at soil/water/plant interface,</li>
<li>Previous experience working in a chemistry laboratory and more especially in clean laboratory,</li>
<li>Ability to deal with multidisciplinary topics linking geochemistry and biology,</li>
<li>Ability to work both as part of a team, and independently, coupled with excellent communication, organizational and problem-solving skills,</li>
<li>Availability to travel for training events and research secondments.</li>
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<p>Eligibility criteria<br>
Recruiting is in accordance with the European rules for Marie Curie Initial Training Networks. Early-stage researchers (<span class="caps">ESR</span>) can be of any nationality. They must be, at the time of recruitment by the host organization, in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. The research career starts after the degree that enables a student to proceed with a PhD (usually, the Master degree).</p>
<p>Mobility rule<br>
At the time of the recruitment by the first host institution, the <span class="caps">ESR</span>s must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their first host institution for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. Short stays such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.</p><p>How to apply<br>
Send your complete application before June 15th to both here below contacts (application will remain open until the position will be filled).<br>
A single pdf file needs to be submitted including:
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<li>a cover letter, stating your research motivation and interests; including relevant background and career plan (max 1 A4 page)</li>
<li>a Curriculum Vitae, including academic background, previous research and/or industrial experience (max 2 A4 pages)</li>
<li>Degree transcripts with marks and/or ranking within the school year group. Marks/ranking can also be provided in a letter (with signature) from the Professor responsible for the Master degree.</li>
<li>English language qualification certificates (or equivalent)<br>
Reference letters:</li>
<li>at least 2 possible referees’ (academics) names and email addresses or 2 confidential reference letters from academics (including name, position and email address of the referee) (max 1 A4 page, with substantiated assessment of the applicant’s technical skills, creativity, innovation ability, working capacity, efficiency and level of independence) must be sent directly to the contacts below.</li>
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<p>Contacts<br>
ESR Supervisors: Dr. A. Dia (<a href="mailto:aline.dia@univ-rennes1.fr">aline.dia@univ-rennes1.fr</a>) and Dr. M. Pédrot (<a href="mailto:mathieu.pedrot@univ-rennes1.fr">mathieu.pedrot@univ-rennes1.fr</a>)<br>
Recruitment committee: to be completed after the kick-off meeting</p>
<p>Project website: created by Cordis when grant agreement will be signed</p></p></td>
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Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:12:03 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3010/REE and other heavy metals in mining and milling wastes | Portugal | Full timehttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3043/
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<td valign="top"><b>Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal</b> <p><p>Objectives: Mining and milling sites: quantification and behaviour of <span class="caps">REE</span> and other trace elements in surrounding water – stream sediments – soils systems<br>
Presentation of the research project (cooperative aspect)<br>
Text in italics (slanted) is common to all <span class="caps">ESR</span>s and should <span class="caps">NOT</span> be modified. Modify the rest (in blue) according to your <span class="caps">ESR</span> description.<br>
This PhD position is within the framework of a European <span class="caps">ITN</span> project named <span class="caps">PANORAMAM</span>: EuroPean trAining NetwOrk on Rare eArth elements environMental trAnsfer: from rock to human involving 15 PhD positions.<br>
Under the supervision of Dr. Maria Isabel Dias e Dr. Rosa Marques the PhD student will perform: a) the geochemical and mineralogical characterization of the stream sediments and soils surrounding the mining and milling sites (2 sampling campaigns in each site) ; b) the study and modeling of <span class="caps">REE</span> and other trace elements in waters; and c) the <span class="caps">REE</span>-surface interactions with stream sediments and soils minerals, particularly clay minerals, and other nanoparticles, for a better characterization of the <span class="caps">REE</span> mobility downstream of tailings impoundment that becomes crucial.<br>
The project involves a strong collaboration with: Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro (<span class="caps">EDM</span>), Portugal, for field work and sampling (2×1 month, Dr. Catarina Diamantino); University of Huelva, Spain, for field work and sampling (2×1 month, Dr. C. Ruiz); Université de Rennes, France, for <span class="caps">REE</span> and other trace elements analysis and modelling in waters (2×2 months, Dr. R. Marsac); synchroton <span class="caps">SOLEIL</span>, France, for <span class="caps">REE</span>-surface interactions stream sediments and soils minerals (<span class="caps">XAS</span>) (1 month, Dr.G. Landrot) including required research stays (secondment) during a total of 9 months.<br>
The PhD student will be also involved in scientific/soft-skills meetings and in research activities conducted in other laboratories/companies from Europe and associated countries.<br>
An important component of the training will be the participation to 3 main major training events:<br>
WS1-(December 2020) <span class="caps">REE</span> as emerging contaminants: Properties, uses and dissemination –Germany-fundamental <span class="caps">REE</span> biogeochemistry and currently known anthropogenic <span class="caps">REE</span> inputs into the environment<br>
SS1 (May 2021) – <span class="caps">AMD</span> and <span class="caps">REE</span> contamination mitigation – Portugal-Management and remediation solutions of <span class="caps">AMD</span> in old mining areas and Management of <span class="caps">WEEE</span>, recycling areas<br>
WS2 – Colloids and nanoparticles as <span class="caps">REE</span> vectors <del>France</del> Structural characterization of colloids and nanoparticles by innovative and fine spectroscopic and scattering techniques: X-Ray absorption fluorescence and scattering, light scattering. <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with bearing phases.<br>
SS2 – (Eco)toxicology of <span class="caps">REE</span> –Germany- Eco)toxicological concepts and approaches, Physico-chemical properties of <span class="caps">REE</span> for bioavailability, ecotoxicity and environmental risk<br>
In addition to these major milestones of the program, the PhD students will 1) continuously develop their core research skills via their own research project locally and within the network while at secondments and conferences, 2) receive a mandatory amount of hard and soft-skills training specific to their own doctoral school, along with mentoring by joint supervising bodies, 3) use conferences both as dissemination events for <span class="caps">ESR</span>s results and network events for progress reports and evaluations, and 4) collaborate into practical activities aimed at network-structuring legacy deliverables.<br>
PANORAMA’s research objective is to elucidate the man-induced environmental dissemination of <span class="caps">REE</span> and the associated effects on the environmental health. For that purpose, interdisciplinary approaches are required combining geochemistry, ecotoxicology, hydrology, chemical analysis and coupling field monitoring, original in and ex situ experimental set-up and modelling from the element speciation to the environmental impact<br>
PANORAMA’s key aim is to set-up an optimal scientific and non-scientific training to the understanding and forecasting of the environmental impacts of new emerging pollutants such as <span class="caps">REE</span>.</p><p>Send your complete application before 15th June to both contacts below (application will remain open until position is filled).</p>
<p>A single pdf file needs to be submitted including:<br>
- a cover letter, stating your research motivation and interests; including relevant background and career plan (max 1 A4 page)<br>
- a Curriculum Vitae, including academic background, previous research and/or industrial experience (max 2 A4 pages)<br>
Degree transcripts (with marks)<br>
English language qualification certificates (or equivalent)</p>
<p>Reference letters:<br>
at least 2 confidential reference letters from academics (including name, position and email address of the referee) (max 1 A4 page, with substantiated assessment of the applicant’s technical skills, creativity, innovation ability, working capacity, efficiency and level of independence) must be sent directly to the contacts below.</p></p></td>
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Mon, 25 May 2020 15:15:41 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3043/Ph.D. In Geochemistry: REE interactions with organo-mineral colloids as a control of the REE environmental dissemination | France | Full timehttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3008/
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<td valign="top"><b>Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France</b> <p><p>Ph.D. Title : <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with organo-mineral colloids as a control of the <span class="caps">REE</span> environmental dissemination<br>
Research objectives<br>
Characterize and model <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with organo-mineral colloids, which partially control <span class="caps">REE</span> dissemination in the environment.<br>
Rare earth elements (<span class="caps">REE</span>) are crucial to a wide range of modern technologies such as catalytic additives, hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, oil refining and lighting technologies; all of them rely on the chemical, optical and electro-optic, and paramagnetic properties of <span class="caps">REE</span>.The industrial use of <span class="caps">REE</span> and all the strategies developed to increase the <span class="caps">REE</span> supply by either mining or recycling also increase the <span class="caps">REE</span> fluxes resulting in environmental and occupational exposures. Potential concerns about the environmental safety of their use is raisen, since concentrations already 100 times above background in some areas have been reported. Disruption of biogeochemical cycles by some <span class="caps">REE</span> is already apparent notably in aquatic and terrestrial environments. However, many uncertainties in our current understanding and modelling are related to the lack of studies on the <span class="caps">REE</span> anthropogenic sources (e.g. mining and mining waste, recycling wastes, gasoil, oil sands, etc.) and transfer. Moreover, no studies were dedicated to the understanding of the mechanisms that control their transport in between soils, waters and sediments. A major reason is that <span class="caps">REE</span> are particle-reactive, having high affinity for colloids that subsequently control both their mobility and transport. <br>
The pH.D. project aims at providing both speciation datasets and innovative analytical and modelling tools required to fully understand the intimate bonds linking <span class="caps">REE</span> to heterogeneous colloids. Such knowledge is crucial to understand, quantify and predict the <span class="caps">REE</span> mobility, bioavailability and toxicity in the environment. Investigate the <span class="caps">REE</span> speciation onto heterogeneous surfaces is still unexplored and requires advanced spectrometry and spectroscopic techniques (<span class="caps">XAS</span>, <span class="caps">WAXS</span>, <span class="caps">SAXS</span>, GC-MS, etc.) but also the development of innovative analytical and colloids-characterization methodologies adapted to field studies (e.g. <span class="caps">REE</span> selective electrodes, field <span class="caps">DLS</span>). Indeed, the “nano-speciation” of <span class="caps">REE</span> is still unexplored. By developing multi-dimensional analytical approach, such as field flow fractionation coupled to high resolved mass spectrometry, a one-step further approach will be achieved on the <span class="caps">REE</span> distribution to colloidal phase. New development using MSn will allow to characterize trace <span class="caps">REE</span> and related mechanisms to colloids and other nanoscale materials. The use of multi angle light scattering associated to these methods will bring new data on the implication of the colloid aggregation mechanisms on the <span class="caps">REE</span> distribution.<br>
The <span class="caps">ESR</span> will benefit from advanced expertise on <span class="caps">REE</span>-surface modelling from UR1, spectroscopy from <span class="caps">SOLEIL</span> and huge technical expertise of Cordouan Technology. More precisely, the pH.D. project will consist on a coupling between experimental laboratory work, field campaign and modelling calculations to investigate the distribution of <span class="caps">REE</span> on heterogeneous nanoparticules in order to evaluate the ability of such nanoparticules to control the <span class="caps">REE</span> bioavailabilty and dissemination in the environment. For this, nanoparticules will not only synthetize in the laboratory but also collected in contrasted <span class="caps">REE</span> contaminated sites. The targeted field sites (Portugal, Spain, France) were selected according to both their low (wetlands) and high <span class="caps">REE</span> contamination (mine) level. </p>
<p>Presentation of the research project (cooperative aspect)<br>
This PhD position is within the framework of a European <span class="caps">ITN</span> project named <span class="caps">PANORAMAM</span>: EuroPean trAining NetwOrk on Rare eArth elements environMental trAnsfer: from rock to human involving 15 PhD positions.<br>
Under the supervision of Mélanie Davranche and Julien Gigault, the PhD student will investigate the binding between <span class="caps">REE</span> and heterogeneous synthetic and natural nanoparticles under various physico-chemical parameters. The nanoparticles were characterized following advanced characterization techniques (<span class="caps">DLS</span>, Zeta potential, <span class="caps">SAXS</span>, <span class="caps">WAXS</span>, <span class="caps">SANS</span>, A4F-UV-<span class="caps">SLS</span>-<span class="caps">ICPMS</span>, <span class="caps">XAS</span> spectroscopy, CryoMET, etc….) as well as the <span class="caps">REE</span>-nanoparticles physico-chemical interactions (A4F-UV-<span class="caps">ICPMS</span>, <span class="caps">XAS</span> spectroscopy, etc). All the produced dataset, will secondly be modelled to test various binding scenaris and determined the most relevant <span class="caps">REE</span>-nanoparticles complexation mecanisms in order to estimate <span class="caps">REE</span> bioavailabilty and potential dissemination in the environment. <br>
The project involves a strong collaboration with several institution and private company, including required research stays (secondment) with <span class="caps">SOLEIL</span> (2 months) on <span class="caps">REE</span>-colloids interaction characterization by spectroscopy, <span class="caps">CORD</span>ouan technology (3 months) colloids characterization, characterization tools development, <span class="caps">EDM</span> for field sampling and superior Institut of Technology of Lisboa ( 1 month) for support to field <br>
The PhD student will be also involved in scientific/soft-skills meetings and in research activities conducted in other laboratories/companies from Europe and associated countries.<br>
An important component of the training will be the participation to 3 main major training events:<br>
WS1-(December 2020) <span class="caps">REE</span> as emerging contaminants: Properties, uses and dissemination –Germany-fundamental <span class="caps">REE</span> biogeochemistry and currently known anthropogenic <span class="caps">REE</span> inputs into the environment <br>
SS1 (May 2021) – <span class="caps">AMD</span> and <span class="caps">REE</span> contamination mitigation – Portugal-Management and remediation solutions of <span class="caps">AMD</span> in old mining areas and Management of <span class="caps">WEEE</span>, recycling areas <br>
WS2 – Colloids and nanoparticles as <span class="caps">REE</span> vectors <del>France</del> Structural characterization of colloids and nanoparticles by innovative and fine spectroscopic and scattering techniques: X-Ray absorption fluorescence and scattering, light scattering. <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with bearing phases.<br>
SS2 – (Eco)toxicology of <span class="caps">REE</span> –Germany- Eco)toxicological concepts and approaches, Physico-chemical properties of <span class="caps">REE</span> for bioavailability, ecotoxicity and environmental risk<br>
In addition to these major milestones of the program, the PhD students will 1) continuously develop their core research skills via their own research project locally and within the network while at secondments and conferences, 2) receive a mandatory amount of hard and soft-skills training specific to their own doctoral school, along with mentoring by joint supervising bodies, 3) use conferences both as dissemination events for <span class="caps">ESR</span>s results and network events for progress reports and evaluations, and 4) collaborate into practical activities aimed at network-structuring legacy deliverables.<br>
PANORAMA’s research objective is to elucidate the man-induced environmental dissemination of <span class="caps">REE</span> and the associated effects on the environmental health. For that purpose, interdisciplinary approaches are required combining geochemistry, ecotoxicology, hydrology, chemical analysis and coupling field monitoring, original in and ex situ experimental set-up and modelling from the element speciation to the environmental impact. PANORAMA’s key aim is to set-up an optimal scientific and non-scientific training to the understanding and forecasting of the environmental impacts of new emerging pollutants such as <span class="caps">REE</span>.</p><p>How to apply<br>
Send your complete application before June 15th to both contacts below (application will remain open until position is filled).<br>
A single pdf file needs to be submitted including:
</p><ul>
<li>a cover letter, stating your research motivation and interests; including relevant background and career plan (max 1 A4 page)</li>
<li>a Curriculum Vitae, including academic background, previous research and/or industrial experience (max 2 A4 pages)</li>
<li>Degree transcripts (with marks)</li>
<li>English language qualification certificates (or equivalent)<br>
Reference letters:</li>
<li>at least 2 confidential reference letters from academics (including name, position and email address of the referee) (max 1 A4 page, with substantiated assessment of the applicant’s technical skills, creativity, innovation ability, working capacity, efficiency and level of independence) must be sent directly to the contacts below.</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Contacts:</p>
<p><span class="caps">ESR</span> Supervisor: mé<a href="mailto:lanie.davranche@univ-rennes1.fr">lanie.davranche@univ-rennes1.fr</a>, <a href="mailto:Julien.gigault@univ-rennes1.fr">Julien.gigault@univ-rennes1.fr</a> and <a href="mailto:aline.dia@univ-rennes1.fr">aline.dia@univ-rennes1.fr</a></p>
<p>Recruitment committee: to be completed after the kick-off meeting</p>
<p>Project website: Created by Cordis when grant agreement will be signed</p></p></td>
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Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:02:04 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3008/Ph.D. In Geochemistry: Reactive transport of REE in natural porous media: experimental study and modeling | France | Contracthttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3009/
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<td valign="top"><b>University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France</b> <p><p>Ph.D. Title. Reactive transport of <span class="caps">REE</span> in natural porous media: experimental study and modeling<br>
Research objectives<br>
Context. Rare earth elements (<span class="caps">REE</span>) are crucial to a wide range of modern technologies. The high demand with respect to global <span class="caps">REE</span> production makes them technologically critical elements. Because of their extensive use and release to the environment, <span class="caps">REE</span> are also considered as emerging contaminants, whose negative effects on human and environmental health have been suggested. Because contaminants speciation largely affects their fate in the environment as well as their bioavailability and toxicity, it is necessary to develop reactive transport models to predict the fate of <span class="caps">REE</span> in natural systems. <br>
Once released to the environment, the biogeochemical cycle of <span class="caps">REE</span> is strongly affected by natural particle. Adsorption onto mineral or organic surfaces can delay the transport of <span class="caps">REE</span>. However, <span class="caps">REE</span> have strong affinity for natural colloids, which are ubiquitous environmental (nano)particles (1 nm to 1 µm sized), stable in aqueous suspension and that can be transported by water over large distances. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the effect of colloids on the transport of <span class="caps">REE</span> in water, soils and sediments. <br>
Furthermore, if many studies aimed to determine the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters describing the adsorption of contaminants on the surface of minerals in batch (static conditions), recent studies show that under controlled hydrodynamic conditions (column into which a solution containing the contaminant is injected), the mechanisms at the solid-solution interface can be disturbed compared to experiments carried out in batch. Therefore, it is necessary to translate molecular information (obtained in batch conditions) to larger scales (column) to develop valuable models to assess the fate of <span class="caps">REE</span> in environmental systems.</p>
<p>Objectives. The aim of this thesis is to develop a new model allowing an accurate assessment of <span class="caps">REE</span> transport through connecting our understanding of molecular interactions of <span class="caps">REE</span> with mineral and/or organic reactive phases with the macroscopic behavior in heterogeneous systems. The properties and the dynamics of <span class="caps">REE</span> transport at geochemically relevant conditions will be characterized with experiments conducted under flow-through conditions in model (pure sand or sand coated with other minerals) or natural porous media (soil, sediments). The influence of key parameters (pH, Eh, ionic strength, and presence of naturally occurring ions) as well as the impact of natural organic and mineral colloids will also be investigated. Combined experimental and modelling investigations (surface complexation modeling and reactive transport) will be performed. </p>
<p>Methods used.<br>
- Experiments under flow-through conditions (column).<br>
- Reactive transport modeling, including colloidal transport.<br>
- <span class="caps">REE</span> concentration determination by <span class="caps">ICP</span>-MS.<br>
- Colloid and nano-aggregate characterization: <span class="caps">DLS</span>, A4F, SAXS…<br>
- Mineral phase characterization: <span class="caps">XRD</span>, <span class="caps">HRTEM</span>, surface titration…<br>
- Organic phase characterization: UV-vis, 3D fluorescence, IR, organic carbon concentration analysis…<br>
- Surface characterization: <span class="caps">XPS</span>, synchrotron based spectroscopy…</p>
<p>Presentation of the research project (cooperative aspect)<br>
This PhD position is within the framework of a European <span class="caps">ITN</span> project named <span class="caps">PANORAMAM</span>: EuroPean trAining NetwOrk on Rare eArth elements environMental trAnsfer: from rock to human involving 15 PhD positions.<br>
Such innovative research approach will be effective through association of different skills involving Geosciences Rennes (<span class="caps">REE</span> geochemical modelling), <span class="caps">ENSCR</span> (reactive transport in porous media, experiment and modelling), Cordouan Technology (colloid and nano-aggregate characterization), AMPHOS21 (coupling geochemical and reactive transport modelling with advanced codes) and 2 other PhD students of the <span class="caps">PANORAMA</span> consortium, whose research projects will aim at characterizing molecular-level mechanisms affecting <span class="caps">REE</span> interaction with particles and colloids.<br>
The PhD student will work under the supervision of Dr. R. Marsac (Geosciences Rennes) and Prof. K. Hanna (<span class="caps">ENSCR</span>). Both institutes are located on the same campus. The project involves a strong collaboration with 2 private companies Cordouan Technologies (Bordeaux, France) and AMPHOS21 (Barcelona, Spain), including one research stay (secondment) during 3 months in each of these companies.<br>
The PhD student will be also involved in scientific/soft-skills meetings and in research activities conducted in other laboratories/companies from Europe and associated countries.<br>
An important component of the training will be the participation to 3 main major training events:<br>
WS1-(December 2020) <span class="caps">REE</span> as emerging contaminants: Properties, uses and dissemination –Germany-fundamental <span class="caps">REE</span> biogeochemistry and currently known anthropogenic <span class="caps">REE</span> inputs into the environment <br>
SS1 (May 2021) – <span class="caps">AMD</span> and <span class="caps">REE</span> contamination mitigation – Portugal-Management and remediation solutions of <span class="caps">AMD</span> in old mining areas and Management of <span class="caps">WEEE</span>, recycling areas <br>
WS2 – Colloids and nanoparticles as <span class="caps">REE</span> vectors <del>France</del> Structural characterization of colloids and nanoparticles by innovative and fine spectroscopic and scattering techniques: X-Ray absorption fluorescence and scattering, light scattering. <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with bearing phases.<br>
SS2 – (Eco)toxicology of <span class="caps">REE</span> –Germany- Eco)toxicological concepts and approaches, Physico-chemical properties of <span class="caps">REE</span> for bioavailability, ecotoxicity and environmental risk<br>
In addition to these major milestones of the program, the PhD students will 1) continuously develop their core research skills via their own research project locally and within the network while at secondments and conferences, 2) receive a mandatory amount of hard and soft-skills training specific to their own doctoral school, along with mentoring by joint supervising bodies, 3) use conferences both as dissemination events for <span class="caps">ESR</span>s results and network events for progress reports and evaluations, and 4) collaborate into practical activities aimed at network-structuring legacy deliverables.</p>
<p><span class="caps">PANORAMA</span>’s research objective is to elucidate the man-induced environmental dissemination of <span class="caps">REE</span> and the associated effects on the environmental health. For that purpose, interdisciplinary approaches are required combining geochemistry, ecotoxicology, hydrology, chemical analysis and coupling field monitoring, original in and ex situ experimental set-up and modelling from the element speciation to the environmental impact<br>
PANORAMA’s key aim is to set-up an optimal scientific and non-scientific training to the understanding and forecasting of the environmental impacts of new emerging pollutants such as <span class="caps">REE</span>.</p><p>How to apply<br>
Send your complete application before June 15th to both contacts below (application will remain open until position is filled).<br>
A single pdf file needs to be submitted including:
</p><ul>
<li>a cover letter, stating your research motivation and interests; including relevant background and career plan (max 1 A4 page)</li>
<li>a Curriculum Vitae, including academic background, previous research and/or industrial experience (max 2 A4 pages)</li>
<li>Degree transcripts (with marks)</li>
<li>English language qualification certificates (or equivalent)<br>
Reference letters:</li>
<li>at least 2 confidential reference letters from academics (including name, position and email address of the referee) (max 1 A4 page, with substantiated assessment of the applicant’s technical skills, creativity, innovation ability, working capacity, efficiency and level of independence) must be sent directly to the contacts below.</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Contacts:</p>
<p><span class="caps">ESR</span> Supervisors: Dr. R. Marsac (<a href="mailto:remi.marsac@univ-rennes1.fr">remi.marsac@univ-rennes1.fr</a>) and Prof. K. Hanna (<a href="mailto:khalil.hanna@ensc-rennes.fr">khalil.hanna@ensc-rennes.fr</a>)<br>
Recruitment committee: to be completed after the kick-off meeting</p>
<p>Project website: Created by Cordis when grant agreement will be signed</p></p></td>
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Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:07:52 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3009/Ph.D. In Geosciences, ITN MSCA H2020, PANORAMA (offer 10) | Portugal | Full timehttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3033/
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<td valign="top"><b>Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal</b> <p><p>Research objectives<br>
Acid mine drainage (<span class="caps">AMD</span>): water/soil transfer.<br>
Objectives: Evaluation of <span class="caps">AMD</span> impact on the environment and effectiveness of current remediation processes.</p>
<p>Under the supervision of Dr. Maria Isabel Prudêncio, Dr. João Carlos Waerenborgh and Dr. Rosa Marques, the PhD student will (i) perform the geochemical and mineralogical characterization of soils, sediments, acid water ponds and stream flows of the selected <span class="caps">AMD</span> systems; (ii) evaluate the seasonal behaviour (2 sampling campaigns per site) of <span class="caps">REE</span> in the water along the treatment systems; (iii) establish the natural background and evaluate the contribution of the main mining focus (<span class="caps">AMD</span> and mine wastes) to the behaviour of <span class="caps">REE</span> in the fluvial system; (iv) promote a better understanding of the mechanisms of preferential <span class="caps">REE</span> fixation in the different subsystems of the <span class="caps">AMD</span> environment and of the complexity of hydrogeochemical processes controlling the <span class="caps">REE</span> distribution that occur in the course of passive treatment systems constructed to remediate <span class="caps">AMD</span>; and (v) establish strategies to prevent contamination through the real assessment of <span class="caps">REE</span> contents modifications in the several compartments of the environment.<br>
The project involves a strong collaboration with: Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro, Portugal, for field work and sampling (2×1 month, Dr. Catarina Diamantino); University of Huelva, Spain, for field work and laboratory experiments (2×1 month, Prof. Manuel Olias); Université de Rennes, France, for <span class="caps">REE</span> analysis in aqueous systems (2 months, Dr. M. Bouhnik-LeCoz); synchrotron <span class="caps">SOLEIL</span>, France, for <span class="caps">REE</span>-ochre-precipitates characterization using spectroscopy (1 month, Dr. S. Reguer); and Belgian Nuclear Research Centre for geochemical modelling (2 months, S. Salah) including required research stays (secondments), during a total of 9 months.<br>
The PhD student will be also involved in scientific/soft-skills meetings and in research activities conducted in other laboratories/companies from Europe and associated countries.<br>
An important component of the training will be the participation to 3 main major training events:<br>
WS1-(December 2020) <span class="caps">REE</span> as emerging contaminants: Properties, uses and dissemination –Germany-fundamental <span class="caps">REE</span> biogeochemistry and currently known anthropogenic <span class="caps">REE</span> inputs into the environment<br>
SS1 (May 2021) – <span class="caps">AMD</span> and <span class="caps">REE</span> contamination mitigation – Portugal-Management and remediation solutions of <span class="caps">AMD</span> in old mining areas and Management of <span class="caps">WEEE</span>, recycling areas<br>
WS2 – Colloids and nanoparticles as <span class="caps">REE</span> vectors <del>France</del> Structural characterization of colloids and nanoparticles by innovative and fine spectroscopic and scattering techniques: X-Ray absorption fluorescence and scattering, light scattering. <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with bearing phases.<br>
SS2 – (Eco)toxicology of <span class="caps">REE</span> –Germany- Eco)toxicological concepts and approaches, Physico-chemical properties of <span class="caps">REE</span> for bioavailability, ecotoxicity and environmental risk<br>
In addition to these major milestones of the program, the PhD students will 1) continuously develop their core research skills via their own research project locally and within the network while at secondments and conferences, 2) receive a mandatory amount of hard and soft-skills training specific to their own doctoral school, along with mentoring by joint supervising bodies, 3) use conferences both as dissemination events for <span class="caps">ESR</span>s results and network events for progress reports and evaluations, and 4) collaborate into practical activities aimed at network-structuring legacy deliverables.<br>
PANORAMA’s research objective is to elucidate the man-induced environmental dissemination of <span class="caps">REE</span> and the associated effects on the environmental health. For that purpose, interdisciplinary approaches are required combining geochemistry, ecotoxicology, hydrology, chemical analysis and coupling field monitoring, original in and ex situ experimental set-up and modelling from the element speciation to the environmental impact<br>
PANORAMA’s key aim is to set-up an optimal scientific and non-scientific training to the understanding and forecasting of the environmental impacts of new emerging pollutants such as <span class="caps">REE</span>.</p><p>Send your complete application before 15th June to the contacts below (application will remain open until position is filled).</p>
<p>A single pdf file needs to be submitted including:<br>
- a cover letter, stating your research motivation and interests; including relevant background and career plan (max 1 A4 page)<br>
- a Curriculum Vitae, including academic background, previous research and/or industrial experience (max 2 A4 pages)<br>
- Degree transcripts (with marks)<br>
- English language qualification certificates (or equivalent)</p>
<p>Reference letters:<br>
- at least 2 confidential reference letters from academics (including name, position and email address of the referee) (max 1 A4 page, with substantiated assessment of the applicant’s technical skills, creativity, innovation ability, working capacity, efficiency and level of independence) must be sent directly to the contacts below.</p>
<p>Contacts:<br>
ESR Supervisors: <a href="mailto:iprudenc@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt">iprudenc@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt</a>; <a href="mailto:jcarlos@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt">jcarlos@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt</a>; <a href="mailto:rmarques@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt">rmarques@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt</a><br>
Recruitment committee: to be completed after the kick-off meeting<br>
Project website: Created by Cordis when grant agreement will be signed</p></p></td>
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Tue, 19 May 2020 08:34:42 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3033/Ph.D. In BioGeochemistry/Ecotoxicology: Evaluation and characterization of REEs toxicity in aquatic and terrestrial plant models | Italy | Contracthttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/3016/
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<td valign="top"><b>University of Bari, Bari, Italy</b> <p><p>Ph.D.<br>
Evaluation and characterization of <span class="caps">REE</span>s toxicity in aquatic and terrestrial plant models <br>
Research objectives<br>
The project will provide a comprehensive database on Rare earth elements (<span class="caps">REE</span>)-associated effects and potential toxicity across the whole <span class="caps">REE</span>s series on different organisms. The goal of the research is the comparative evaluation of toxic effects of single element and/or <span class="caps">REE</span> mixtures in plants on the basis of their bioavailability in soils and waters. The effects of some representative <span class="caps">REE</span> of selected speciation will be studied in different aquatic and terrestrial plant models grown in controlled condition. Plant growth, cell metabolism parameters and accumulation in tissues will be analysed in order to improve the knowledge of the actual toxicity of single <span class="caps">REE</span>.</p>
<p>Presentation of the research project (cooperative aspect)<br>
This PhD position is within the framework of a European <span class="caps">ITN</span> project named <span class="caps">PANORAMA</span>: EuroPean trAining NetwOrk on Rare eArth elements environMental trAnsfer: from rock to human involving 15 PhD positions.<br>
Under the supervision of Prof. Tommasi Franca e Paciolla Costantino, the PhD student will investigate the responses of plant models to single and/or mixture of Rare Earth Elements. <br>
The project involves a strong collaboration with <span class="caps">HAW</span> (Prof. S. Heise) including required research stays (secondment) for aquatic organism bioassays (M12 M16) and <span class="caps">UNINA</span> (Prof. M. Guida, Prof. M. Trifuoggi) including required research stays (secondment) for multiple model testing and <span class="caps">REE</span> concentrations in plant tissues (M24 M28). <br>
The PhD student will be also involved in scientific/soft-skills meetings and in research activities conducted in other laboratories/companies from Europe and associated countries.</p>
<p>An important component of the training will be the participation to 3 main major training events:</p>
<p>WS1-(December 2020) <span class="caps">REE</span> as emerging contaminants: Properties, uses and dissemination –Germany-fundamental <span class="caps">REE</span> biogeochemistry and currently known anthropogenic <span class="caps">REE</span> inputs into the environment.</p>
<p>SS1 (May 2021) – <span class="caps">AMD</span> and <span class="caps">REE</span> contamination mitigation – Portugal-Management and remediation solutions of <span class="caps">AMD</span> in old mining areas and Management of <span class="caps">WEEE</span>, recycling areas</p>
<p>WS2 – Colloids and nanoparticles as <span class="caps">REE</span> vectors <del>France</del> Structural characterization of colloids and nanoparticles by innovative and fine spectroscopic and scattering techniques: X-Ray absorption fluorescence and scattering, light scattering. <span class="caps">REE</span> interactions with bearing phases.</p>
<p>SS2 – (Eco)toxicology of <span class="caps">REE</span> –Germany- Eco/toxicological concepts and approaches, Physico-chemical properties of <span class="caps">REE</span> for bioavailability, ecotoxicity and environmental risk</p>
<p>In addition to these major milestones of the program, the PhD students will 1) continuously develop their core research skills via their own research project locally and within the network while at secondments and conferences, 2) receive a mandatory amount of hard and soft-skills training specific to their own doctoral school, along with mentoring by joint supervising bodies, 3) use conferences both as dissemination events for <span class="caps">ESR</span>s results and network events for progress reports and evaluations, and 4) collaborate into practical activities aimed at network-structuring legacy deliverables.</p>
<p><span class="caps">PANORAMA</span>’s research objective is to elucidate the man-induced environmental dissemination of <span class="caps">REE</span> and the associated effects on the environmental health. For that purpose, interdisciplinary approaches are required combining geochemistry, ecotoxicology, hydrology, chemical analysis and coupling field monitoring, original in and ex situ experimental set-up and modelling from the element speciation to the environmental impact</p>
<p>PANORAMA’s key aim is to set-up an optimal scientific and non-scientific training to the understanding and forecasting of the environmental impacts of new emerging pollutants such as <span class="caps">REE</span>.</p>
<p>Benefits<br>
With indicative financial conditions of the research project (in local currency)
</p><ul>
<li>3-years full-time employment contract</li>
<li>Attractive salary tuned to living standards of the hosting country. Brut salary, and excluding family and mobility allowance will be around 2900 €/month</li>
<li>Conditional family allowance of 500 € per month (potentially subject to taxes).</li>
<li>Net mobility allowance of 600 € per month (potentially subject to taxes</li>
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<ul>
<li>Based in Dipartimento di Biologia Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, with registration in the doctoral course “Biodiversità, Agricoltura e Ambiente”, Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. Cooperation with leading institutions in Environmental Science in Europe: Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg University (4 months) and Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (4 months), with excellent staffs from these institutions and working conditions.</li>
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<p>Possibility to collaborate with a large network of international research groups engaged in the ITN<br>
Requirements</p>
<p>The candidate should be in the first four years of their research career. They should not have a doctoral degree and fulfil the eligibility criteria and mobility rule (see below)</p>
<p>The candidate should hold or be about to obtain a Master’s degree in Earth Science or Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences or other relevant field. </p>
<ul>
<li>Excellent technical skills including experience in responses of plants to abiotic stress.</li>
<li>Previous experience working with plant culture in laboratory, greenhouse and field or/and plant and cell culture or/and toxicity tests in plants.</li>
<li>The ability to work both as part of a team, and independently, coupled with excellent communication, organizational and problem-solving skills</li>
<li>Availability to travel for training events and research secondments.</li>
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<p><span class="caps">ELIGIBILITY</span> CRITERIA<br>
Recruiting is in accordance with the European rules for Marie Curie Initial Training Networks. Early-stage researchers (<span class="caps">ESR</span>) can be of any nationality. They must be, at the time of recruitment by the host organization, in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. The research career starts after the degree that enables a student to proceed with a PhD (usually, the Master degree).</p>
<p><span class="caps">MOBILITY</span> RULE<br>
At the time of the recruitment by the first host institution, the <span class="caps">ESR</span>s must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their first host institution for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. Short stays such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.</p><p>such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.</p>
<p>How to apply</p>
<p>Send your complete application before 15th June to both contacts below</p>
(application will remain open until position is filled).
<p>A single pdf file needs to be submitted including:</p>
<p>a cover letter, stating your research motivation and interests; including relevant background and career plan (max 1 A4 page)</p>
<p>a Curriculum Vitae, including academic background, previous research and/or industrial experience (max 2 A4 pages)<br>
Degree transcripts (with marks)<br>
English language qualification certificates (or equivalent)</p>
<p>Reference letters: at least 2 confidential reference letters from academics or/and research leader (including name, position and email address of the referee) (max 1 A4 page, with substantiated assessment of the applicant’s technical skills, creativity, innovation ability, working capacity, efficiency and level of independence) must be sent directly to the contacts below.</p>
<p>Contacts:</p>
<p><span class="caps">ESR</span> Supervisor: Franca Tommasi (<a href="mailto:franca.tommasi@uniba.it">franca.tommasi@uniba.it</a>); Costantino Paciolla (<a href="mailto:costantino.paciolla@uniba.it">costantino.paciolla@uniba.it</a>)</p>
<p>Recruitment committee: to be completed after the kick-off meeting<br>
Project website: Created by Cordis when grant agreement will be signed</p></p></td>
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Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:28:43 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/3016/Postdoctoral Scientist: Salmon Population Risk Assessment | Canada | Contracthttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/2996/
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<td valign="top"><b>Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC), Victoria, Canada</b> <p><p><span class="caps">PCIC</span> is seeking to hire a postdoctoral position in salmon population risk assessment.</p>
<p>Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (<span class="caps">PCIC</span>)</p>
<p>The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (<span class="caps">PCIC</span>) was created to assess climate impacts in the Pacific and Yukon Region of Canada. The goals of the Consortium are to foster collaborative research, to strengthen the capacity to address regional climate change and variability, and to provide the scientific basis for policy development. <span class="caps">PCIC</span> is a regional climate service centre at the University of Victoria that provides practical information on the physical impacts of climate variability and change. Through collaboration with climate researchers and regional stakeholders, <span class="caps">PCIC</span> produces knowledge and tools in support of long-term planning. <a href="http://www.pacificclimate.org" rel="nofollow">www.pacificclimate.org</a><br>
Challenge<br>
The changing climate in British Columbia (BC) is expected to affect various hydrological factors (e.g. flow levels, timing and temperature) pertinent to salmon growth, survival, and habitat connectivity. Therefore, in order to ensure the future protection and restoration of wild Pacific salmon and other BC fish stocks, it is necessary to understand how ongoing and future effects of climate change on the freshwater environment may affect salmonid habitats at regional and watershed scales. As part of a collaboration between <span class="caps">PCIC</span> and scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (<span class="caps">DFO</span>), the advertised postdoctoral position will contribute as part of a team to determine the climate-mediated vulnerability of salmon life history events that control their productivity in space and time. Work will involve an interdisciplinary effort to combine hydrologic modelling with salmon habitat risk/vulnerability assessment. The project is funded through the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (<span class="caps">BCSRIF</span>) (<a href="https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/initiatives/fish-fund-bc-fonds-peche-cb/index-eng.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/initiatives/fish-fund-bc-fonds-peche-cb/index-eng.html</a>).</p>
<p>Nature of Work<br>
The Postdoctoral Scientist will undertake risk assessment and related research under climate change scenarios to characterize spatio-temporal risk levels at two life history stages (i.e. adult migration and egg-alevin incubation) for salmon conservation units in select BC drainages. This work will employ outputs of climate change projections of hydrological and thermal regimes to assess potential limits on the ability of salmon populations of wild- and hatchery-origin to sustain production or respond to restoration efforts among diverse BC watersheds. He/she will work at <span class="caps">PCIC</span> under the supervision of the Lead for the Hydrologic Impacts theme and will collaborate very closely with <span class="caps">DFO</span> scientists. <span class="caps">PCIC</span> offers a positive, supportive and collegial work environment that promotes collaboration and excellence. As a user and stakeholder driven organization, <span class="caps">PCIC</span> requires that candidates be flexible in order to adapt their research objectives to changing organizational and stakeholder priorities and needs. </p>
<p>Objectives<br>
The objectives of the position are to conduct research that seeks to accomplish the following:
</p><ul>
<li>Explore, adopt or adapt methods that use coarse-scale process-based modelling approaches and/or finer-scale, <span class="caps">GIS</span> and regression-based statistical models to assess salmon life-stage vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Develop a region-wide, watershed sensitivity assessment for salmon.</li>
<li>Map the relative risk that climate, hydrological and thermal regime changes pose for BC salmon.</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Knowledge, Skills &amp; Abilities<br>
Knowledge and Experience
</p><ul>
<li>PhD in fisheries or aquatic sciences</li>
<li>Experience with fluvial habitat or environmental flow assessments is desirable</li>
<li>Experience in the development of risk assessment models is desirable</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Skill
</p><ul>
<li>Excellent data analysis and visualization skills</li>
<li>Excellent quantitative and statistical analysis skills</li>
<li>Excellent communications skills</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Ability
</p><ul>
<li>Work in a self‐directed manner and within a team environment</li>
<li>Ability to acquire, manipulate and analyze large spatiotemporal data sets</li>
<li>Ability to find creative solutions to complex, open-ended problems</li>
<li>A high level of productivity for peer‐reviewed publications is expected</li>
<li>Operate with a professional demeanor while representing <span class="caps">PCIC</span> outside the organization</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Employment period<br>
3-year term commitment. </p>
<p>Weekly working hours<br>
Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Pay rate<br>
Commensurate with education and experience.</p>
<p>Additional information: Address enquiries to Markus Schnorbus at <a href="mailto:climate@uvic.ca">climate@uvic.ca</a>. </p>
<p>Application: Please send your application including a cover letter, CV, and three professional references to Markus Schnorbus, <a href="mailto:climate@uvic.ca">climate@uvic.ca</a>, with “ATTN: Postdoctoral Scientist” in the subject line. Please indicate whether you are legally able to work in Canada. </p>
<p>Review of applicants will start immediately and continue until suitable candidates are found.</p></p></td>
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Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:05:42 +0000https://www.egu.eu/jobs/2996/University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics | Austria | Full timehttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/2971/
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<td valign="top"><b>University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria</b> <p><p><strong>Reference number: 10687</strong><br>
We offer a 6-year university assistant/post-doc position in the field of atmospheric transport modelling. The position will be embedded in the new research group of Prof. Andreas Stohl, which will develop and apply the Lagrangian particle dispersion model <span class="caps">FLEXPART</span> (see <a href="http://www.flexpart.eu" rel="nofollow">www.flexpart.eu</a>).</p>
<p>We seek an outstanding candidate with a background in the atmospheric sciences or a related discipline and experience with model and computer code development. The university assistant shall focus his/her research on inverse modelling techniques, developing novel inverse methods and applying them, for example, to determine the fluxes of greenhouse gases (e.g., halocarbons, methane, CO2, etc.) or the emissions of pollutants (e.g., aerosols, microplastics, etc.), utilizing atmospheric in-situ or remote sensing observations or ice core data. Candidates are invited to propose their own ideas for inverse modelling developments and applications. Experience with atmospheric transport modelling, especially with <span class="caps">FLEXPART</span>, would be particularly welcome.</p>
<p>At the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics recently three professors have been appointed newly; a fourth professorship position is currently in the process of filling (all in the atmospheric sciences), as is a Tenure Track professorship in Environmental Geophysics. This is creating an exciting international working environment for many new scientists and the opportunity for strong personal development.</p>
<p>Besides research, the successful candidate is also expected to participate in teaching and the supervision of students. Financial support is available for attending international meetings and visiting international research partners.</p>
<p><strong>Duration of employment:</strong> 6 year/s<br>
<strong>Extent of Employment:</strong> 40 hours/week<br>
<a href="https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/jobs-recruiting/job-center/salary-scheme/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement:</strong></a> §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.</p>
<p><strong>Job Description:</strong><br>
Participation in research, teaching and administration:
</p><ul>
<li>Development of inverse modelling techniques and their application;</li>
<li>Research that complements the activities of the group;</li>
<li>Contributions to project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding;</li>
<li>Scientific publications and presentations;</li>
<li>Scientific and technical support of group members;</li>
<li>Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement;</li>
<li>Supervision of students;</li>
<li>Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration.</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p><strong>Profile:</strong>
</p><ul>
<li>Doctoral / PhD degree in meteorology, physics, mathematics, or related subject;</li>
<li>Good communication skills and ability to work in a team;</li>
<li>Profound experience in programming, ideally with Fortran or C;</li>
<li>Proven ability to publish in highly ranked international journals;</li>
<li>Excellent command of written and spoken English.</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Furthermore, the following skills/expertise will be an asset:
</p><ul>
<li>Experience with inverse modelling methods;</li>
<li>Experience with use of atmospheric transport models;</li>
<li>Experience in external fundraising;</li>
<li>Experience in teaching.</li>
</ul><p></p><p><strong>Your application should be a single <span class="caps">PDF</span> file that includes:</strong>
</p><ul>
<li>A letter of motivation;</li>
<li>A curriculum vitae;</li>
<li>A description of research interests and plans;</li>
<li>A list of publications and presentations;</li>
<li>Contact information of two references;</li>
<li>Degree certificates.</li>
</ul><p></p>
<p>Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (<a href="http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at" rel="nofollow">http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at</a>) no later than 01.06.2020, mentioning reference number 10687.</p>
<p>For further information please contact Stohl, Andreas +43-1-4277-53730.</p>
<p>The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (<a href="http://diversity.univie.ac.at/" rel="nofollow">http://diversity.univie.ac.at/</a>). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.</p>
<p>Human Resources and Gender Equality of the University of Vienna<br>
Reference number: 10687<br>
E-Mail: <a href="mailto:jobcenter@univie.ac.at">jobcenter@univie.ac.at</a><br>
Privacy Policy of the University of Vienna</p></p></td>
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